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Notes and quotes from Day 1 of Spring Training in West Palm Beach, FL. “The whole staff has to do a better job of throwing strike one,” Washington’s GM, Mike Rizzo, told fans in a recent season ticket holder event in D.C. “To me it’s the most important pitch in the game. We’re going to put up a sign in Spring Training. “I told [Manager] Davey [Martinez], we’re going to put up … [Read more...] about Washington Nationals news & notes: Spring Training 2024 Day 1 – Go 0-1 today + more…

Notes and quotes from Nats new and old on their offseason work and ways they tried to improve for 2024... Davey Martinez sent Luis García home with an agenda this offseason, and Washington’s manager delivered a message in their exit interview at the end of the Nationals’ 2023 campaign. “I told him he’s got to get agile,” Martinez told reporters at the Winter Meetings in early … [Read more...] about Washington Nationals news & notes: Pitchers and catchers report; offseason work…

Notes and quotes about the young prospects who will be in big league camp this spring… Back on January 30th, the Washington Nationals announced which of the organization’s top prospects were going to be in big league Spring Training this year. The list they released for 2024 included outfielders, “Dylan Crews, Robert Hassell III, and James Wood, as well as infielders Darren … [Read more...] about Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats’ Spring Training invitees…

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ new slugger… Joey Gallo, by his own admission, got a little bit too pull-happy last season, like 57.9% Pull% vs a 48.4% career average and a 37.0% league average pull-happy. Swinging for the fences with Minnesota’s Twins, Gallo, who signed a 1-year/$5M deal in D.C. this winter, hit 21 home runs on the year in 2023, the majority of them, … [Read more...] about Washington Nationals news & notes: Joey Gallo on not being pull-happy again in 2024…

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ mission in 2024... Nick Senzel told reporters he saw some parallels between what he went through in Cincinnati over the last year, and what he signed on for in the nation’s capital when he agreed on a 1-year/$2M deal with the rebooting Washington Nationals after five seasons with the recently-rebuilding Reds (who’d drafted him 2nd overall in … [Read more...] about Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats new & old trying to help club take next step…